That was scary, u can actually see the muscle crawling up on his arm. This grip is deadly and should only be done on thin bars. How can u lift something, if u cant grip it properly...
When lifting with a normal bar i can recommend using the "hook grip". i lifted 160 new pr today with at hook grip. The hook grip dosent hurt, everybody should use it, then you dont have to lift with mixed grip.
Just watching it makes me uneasy. I have a similiar problem but with my pectoral tendon. It tore during a routine set repping 225. Near the last few reps, i usually go from 10-12 reps, on the way up, i heard and felt a "wet" but profound tear right at the intersection of my left arm, and the pectoral muscles. The next day i had nasty bruising. The doc reccomened no surgery, and im ok with that except for the fact that i can no longer bench what i used to. :/
ouch.. on fat bar i never do mixed grip, for this reason. i didnt tear it. but i had alot of pain there so i stopped mixing it. because.... thats gay.
The only reason this happened is because his biceps were contracting. This is his fault, independent of the girth of the bar. You should never flex will doing pulling movements..
@Apjooz If I hadn't, I wouldn't even make such a comment. I do deadlifts with heavy weight all the time. In this lift, your arms are merely "chains" holding the weight, and not meant to pull the weight up. That's what your legs and back are for ;-)
Let me explain. I KNOW what the arms are SUPPOSED to do. I was just saying, that the reaction to CURL the ARM is a natural INSTINCT. It happens to ALL of US.
I dont recommend mixed grip...I dont care who you are...if it doesnt tear...it will at least weaken...get grips and use overhand. I have an enlarged bicep tendon that gives me trouble because i used mixed grip on deads...U se versa gripps now and LOVE it...overhand for any heavy pulling like that is what i recommend
I've read that torn bicep is not uncommon when using the mixed grip. When I get to heavier weights, I have to do mixed grip. How long is recovery? Or does it need surgery?
@Berettina1 A mixed grip has very little to do with the tear. The problem here was that because of the thicker bar Doug was really trying to cinch his grip in tight and in doing so he started the lift with a slightly bent arm. The biceps tendon always tears when the arm is being forced open against its will. Yes it does require surgery but its not too major, he is fine now.
@Notagayusername10 Wow, not even an original comeback. Your brain even working on that many volts? Could it power, say, a remote control? You know, let me field that question. I'm gonna say no. With confidence, no.
@phreak761 Genius comment. Exquisite timing. Really. And inventive, really inventive. Is somebody writing these for you? You got a stable of Emmy winners over there? Truly. Comedy gold.
@phreak761 Genius comment. Exquisite timing. Really. And inventive, really inventive. Is somebody writing these for you? You got a stable of Emmy winners over there? Truly. Comedy gold.
@sub7design A mixed grip has very little to do with the tear. The problem here was that because of the thicker bar Doug was really trying to cinch his grip in tight and in doing so he started the lift with a slightly bent arm. The biceps tendon always tears when the arm is being forced open against its will. Yes it does require surgery but its not too major, he is fine now.
you know that if you tear a bicep and you ice it it causes the muscle to retract towards the shoulder...damageing the nerves even more....and also itd be a pain in the ass for the surgeons if the muscle is retracted really far intowards the shoulder
Holy sht i cringed when they showed the slow motion of his biceps contracting when his arm was still in place.... wow.... FASKLDHASKLDHASLKHDASKLHDLASKHD
oh my god you can see it tearing .. well he was bending his arm ,not to blame him , but i approach the deadlift like my life depended on it , i cannot afford an injury man .
No, Doug is not crippled he is doing fine and competing again. Torn biceps is a pretty common injury in the sport of strongman because of the awkward nature of the things we lift and carry.Luckily we have a surgeon near by that uses a new method of repairing these tendons that allow the athlete to recover way faster with a better range of motion.
the bar looks thicker than standard was he having trouble holding it plus it looks like his grip was an inch to close to the right these factors may have caused his left biceps to tear
lol how is it gay? your extremely uneducated on the sport and your probably into that bodybuiling non sense...
typical person thinks powerlifting is all about fat guys lifting heavy weights. When that is far from the truth. there are weight classes and age groups. Like for example i weigh 175 pounds with a relatively low body fat percentage and i set a provincial record...something a bodybuilder will never achieve (99% of the time)
"something a bodybuilder will never achieve (99% of the time)"
I completely agree with you that powerlifting takes skill and technique that a lot of ppl don't realise, but I think your smoking some good crack if you think bodybuilders could not achieve powerlifting records as quite a few bodybuilders compete in powerlifting off season and im pretty sure Franco Colombu had a deadlift record for a long time.
Franco's deadlift was fabricated, Bill Kazmaier has stated that a few of the plates were fake. He was there and helped unload the bar after the attempt.
Yes some body builders are very strong, but they tend to be the ones who do quite a bit of low rep work. Hypetrophy training (bodybuilding) doesn't build strength like you would think it does by looking at the size of a body builder. many body builders do make the switch, but it usually involves them completely switching their training
Kaz had apparently stated that after Francu finished he had went to go remove the plates and had found wooden dummy plates. It has never been verified from what I remember, it still doesn't change the fact that he was a competitive powerlifter with a DL of over 700lbs. Also most if not all bodybuilders do higher reps not lower.
Bodybuilding doesn't build strength but that's because it's not supposed to as lifting for them is a means to an end.
I'm not sure what he was capable of pulling, he certainly didn't hold any powerlifting records and I've never heard of him competing in any official meet
Your second point just repeated what I said.
I like BB, but just as you're not going to find any powerlifters winning any top level BB shows, you won't find any BB winning any top level powerlifting Comps. It's a completely different training style. The problem is that people can't accept that the biggest guy isn't the strongest guy.
I se boddybuilding as a cind of holistic foundation work for the boddy. as many reps gives u more musle sells than pure strenght wich gives u thikker fibers. bb has a great rack but havent learn to use it and many of them dont bother why wold they. but combined with a strenght eksblosive sport it is to an sertent degree god and higly underestamated.
You're absolutely right, Ronnie is a very strong guy and of course the best body builder of all time with the most Olympia wins. He did have a powerlifting background mind, and like quite a few other body builders he does low rep work aka powerlifting rep ranges.
I'm not really a fan of body building vs powerlifting, they're totally different sports, and I think you can enjoy both.
One thing to point out is that unlike a conventional power bar, the axle has no markings on the bar, so you just have to guestimate where to grip each hand, and I may have had each hand an inch or so far to the right, hence when I went to pull, that might explain why the right side started to come up slightly faster than the left.
About a year, maybe a little longer for the pain to go away. Although the Drs. told me they usually let it heal without surgery, I insisted they reattach the tendon. I'm glad I did, it went well.
FYI, a trivial matter, but the chalked hand and foot closeup at the 15 second mark of the video is a different lifter- notice the black shoes and the "cuff" grip. I am wearing blue & grey wrestling shoes and had my thumb wrapped around the bar.
That was scary, u can actually see the muscle crawling up on his arm. This grip is deadly and should only be done on thin bars. How can u lift something, if u cant grip it properly...
HISHAM931 1 week ago
why is the bar so damn thick?!?!
Oblander 2 weeks ago
@TehUberCyberBeast oh that's uncalled for, man. not cool
amoo2007 1 month ago
This is why I always deadlift with both hands over the bar.
ninjajesus81 2 months ago
When lifting with a normal bar i can recommend using the "hook grip". i lifted 160 new pr today with at hook grip. The hook grip dosent hurt, everybody should use it, then you dont have to lift with mixed grip.
lasseolsen10 2 months ago
that looks very painful its the bar's fault.
turningaxe 2 months ago
Hot
BafflinBook 3 months ago
should have drank your ovaltine
lmmfaorolfacgu 4 months ago
your muscle is only for display not for work.... what a useless guy! pft!
xHizukax 4 months ago
@xHizukax tf?
WizKidSONY 3 months ago
bar is too big that is why.
Cougman1978 5 months ago
Just watching it makes me uneasy. I have a similiar problem but with my pectoral tendon. It tore during a routine set repping 225. Near the last few reps, i usually go from 10-12 reps, on the way up, i heard and felt a "wet" but profound tear right at the intersection of my left arm, and the pectoral muscles. The next day i had nasty bruising. The doc reccomened no surgery, and im ok with that except for the fact that i can no longer bench what i used to. :/
graph0tab 6 months ago
You know it really didn't seem like much at first.. but then you see the close up in slow motion
hotsauce3888 6 months ago
just keep your arms straight no bends and youll be ok
crzyp852 7 months ago
Ahg! I didn't even happen to me and it still hurts!!
PurpleGurl1200 7 months ago
how can you say it doesnt have anything to do with mixed grip when its always the underhand grip that snaps the bicep
nick888ph 8 months ago
now i am going to stop axle deadlifting rofl
6reevesy9 8 months ago
so is it safer to use the thinner olympic barbells instead?
evanjb92 9 months ago
ouch.. on fat bar i never do mixed grip, for this reason. i didnt tear it. but i had alot of pain there so i stopped mixing it. because.... thats gay.
xBiGxKiNGx 9 months ago
fat bar deadlifts are very hard to do and mixed grip is usually needed unless you have massive hands, looked liked a nasty tear.
THEGATHERING20 9 months ago
and its always the left arm it seems
Rockford91Fosgate 9 months ago
All in all, bad luck. The bicep can take it 9999 times out of 10000, but that one time is enough to tear the muscle.
Apjooz 10 months ago
The only reason this happened is because his biceps were contracting. This is his fault, independent of the girth of the bar. You should never flex will doing pulling movements..
illouie 10 months ago
@illouie
Come on man, it's fucking natural thing to do. Have you ever lifted anything?
Apjooz 10 months ago
@Apjooz If I hadn't, I wouldn't even make such a comment. I do deadlifts with heavy weight all the time. In this lift, your arms are merely "chains" holding the weight, and not meant to pull the weight up. That's what your legs and back are for ;-)
illouie 10 months ago
@illouie
You are hopeless, sorry.
Apjooz 10 months ago
@Apjooz You are confused and clueless ???
illouie 10 months ago
@illouie
Let me explain. I KNOW what the arms are SUPPOSED to do. I was just saying, that the reaction to CURL the ARM is a natural INSTINCT. It happens to ALL of US.
Apjooz 10 months ago
@illouie Thank you for summing up the fucking video you internet weightlifting genius.
khuong1994 9 months ago
@khuong1994 No problem!
illouie 9 months ago
That looks soooo painful! I met a guy who tore a pec 20 years ago and never got it fixed!! He's a complete mess now
Tenacious772 11 months ago
I dont recommend mixed grip...I dont care who you are...if it doesnt tear...it will at least weaken...get grips and use overhand. I have an enlarged bicep tendon that gives me trouble because i used mixed grip on deads...U se versa gripps now and LOVE it...overhand for any heavy pulling like that is what i recommend
ironmomma1 11 months ago
@ironmomma1
Did you notice this was in a competition, and do you know that the mixed grip is a firmer grip than the double overhand?
Apjooz 10 months ago
that looks very painful! hope he has a full recovery!
billyblue8 11 months ago
I've read that torn bicep is not uncommon when using the mixed grip. When I get to heavier weights, I have to do mixed grip. How long is recovery? Or does it need surgery?
sub7design 1 year ago
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@sub7design just pray allah
Berettina1 1 year ago
@Berettina1 A mixed grip has very little to do with the tear. The problem here was that because of the thicker bar Doug was really trying to cinch his grip in tight and in doing so he started the lift with a slightly bent arm. The biceps tendon always tears when the arm is being forced open against its will. Yes it does require surgery but its not too major, he is fine now.
IronSportGym 1 year ago 7
@Berettina1 wtf???
ddddenysss333 9 months ago
@ddddenysss333 lol :D
Berettina1 9 months ago
@Berettina1
>just pray allah
for what a bomb to explode?
Notagayusername10 7 months ago
@Notagayusername10 Wow, A+ for dual stupidity: comment and user name.
fastronaut 7 months ago
@fastronaut wow, A+ for homosexuality:Go suck a cock faggot.
Notagayusername10 7 months ago
@Notagayusername10 Wow, not even an original comeback. Your brain even working on that many volts? Could it power, say, a remote control? You know, let me field that question. I'm gonna say no. With confidence, no.
fastronaut 7 months ago
@fastronaut You are both gay now one of you suck my cock and the other lick my balls, thank you.
phreak761 5 months ago
@phreak761 Genius comment. Exquisite timing. Really. And inventive, really inventive. Is somebody writing these for you? You got a stable of Emmy winners over there? Truly. Comedy gold.
fastronaut 5 months ago
@fastronaut You don't get to my level without winning a few awards that's for sure.
phreak761 5 months ago
@phreak761 Let me guess: Special Olympic Gold?
fastronaut 4 months ago
@fastronaut Platinum.
phreak761 4 months ago
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@phreak761 Genius comment. Exquisite timing. Really. And inventive, really inventive. Is somebody writing these for you? You got a stable of Emmy winners over there? Truly. Comedy gold.
fastronaut 5 months ago
@Berettina1 A torn bicep has very little to no affiliation with "allah"
kyndralae 4 months ago
@sub7design A mixed grip has very little to do with the tear. The problem here was that because of the thicker bar Doug was really trying to cinch his grip in tight and in doing so he started the lift with a slightly bent arm. The biceps tendon always tears when the arm is being forced open against its will. Yes it does require surgery but its not too major, he is fine now.
IronSportGym 1 year ago
@sub7design Does it need surgery? Of course it does. How would that injury repair itself?
ninjajesus81 2 months ago
ouchhh
alvagingra2 1 year ago
you know that if you tear a bicep and you ice it it causes the muscle to retract towards the shoulder...damageing the nerves even more....and also itd be a pain in the ass for the surgeons if the muscle is retracted really far intowards the shoulder
Ahmazing69 1 year ago
Get better man i nearly fucked my forarm tendons too..
freddy692000 1 year ago
WOW that much hurt like a BITCH
MrAndelver 1 year ago
just looks like he went to heavy on a bar he isnt used to fk that looks painful
Stoksie01 1 year ago
Holy sht i cringed when they showed the slow motion of his biceps contracting when his arm was still in place.... wow.... FASKLDHASKLDHASLKHDASKLHDLASKHD
NOMoreBuLLShhh 1 year ago
Commentator: "Get Some Ice!"... Ya think???!
TheHardTruth101 1 year ago
oh my god you can see it tearing .. well he was bending his arm ,not to blame him , but i approach the deadlift like my life depended on it , i cannot afford an injury man .
im glad i dont the normal grip
ahmednabil 1 year ago
my dad tore his bicep... he was black and blue for so long.... looks painful.
blueballoon110 1 year ago
No, Doug is not crippled he is doing fine and competing again. Torn biceps is a pretty common injury in the sport of strongman because of the awkward nature of the things we lift and carry.Luckily we have a surgeon near by that uses a new method of repairing these tendons that allow the athlete to recover way faster with a better range of motion.
IronSportGym 1 year ago 6
@IronSportGym I'm glad to hear that Doug recovered from this. It's painful to watch, and my heart went out to the guy.
Buapo 1 year ago
my face felt cold when i saw this he basically like fcking tried to half curl that damn that must have hurt
MyDanji 2 years ago
that sent shivers down my bottle
puppies21616 2 years ago
OW! Maybe a hernia might hurt more?
MJG956 2 years ago
the bar was to thick thats all
headbangers67 2 years ago
WHY THE FUCK ARE PEOPLE POSTING ABOUT BODYBUILDERS HERE? I don't see no oiled up roid monkeys in fuckign thongs posing here?
BodyByGamma 2 years ago 5
the bar looks thicker than standard was he having trouble holding it plus it looks like his grip was an inch to close to the right these factors may have caused his left biceps to tear
saif1002 2 years ago
you can see the distal bicep retract back up when he pulls it at :07. yiiikes.... @_@
marlo916 2 years ago
If somebody trains for something, they can achieve it. Tons of bodybuilders used to do powerlifting and vice verca.
mugen46 2 years ago
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Powerlifting = bodybuilding for fat guys who cant control their eating habits.
JohnDoe280 2 years ago
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Thats what you get for trying to lift too heavy. Powerlifting is so gay.
JohnDoe280 2 years ago
lol how is it gay? your extremely uneducated on the sport and your probably into that bodybuiling non sense...
typical person thinks powerlifting is all about fat guys lifting heavy weights. When that is far from the truth. there are weight classes and age groups. Like for example i weigh 175 pounds with a relatively low body fat percentage and i set a provincial record...something a bodybuilder will never achieve (99% of the time)
bigjakeTwood 2 years ago
"something a bodybuilder will never achieve (99% of the time)"
I completely agree with you that powerlifting takes skill and technique that a lot of ppl don't realise, but I think your smoking some good crack if you think bodybuilders could not achieve powerlifting records as quite a few bodybuilders compete in powerlifting off season and im pretty sure Franco Colombu had a deadlift record for a long time.
whoknows2700 2 years ago
Franco's deadlift was fabricated, Bill Kazmaier has stated that a few of the plates were fake. He was there and helped unload the bar after the attempt.
Yes some body builders are very strong, but they tend to be the ones who do quite a bit of low rep work. Hypetrophy training (bodybuilding) doesn't build strength like you would think it does by looking at the size of a body builder. many body builders do make the switch, but it usually involves them completely switching their training
jmaddiso 2 years ago
Kaz had apparently stated that after Francu finished he had went to go remove the plates and had found wooden dummy plates. It has never been verified from what I remember, it still doesn't change the fact that he was a competitive powerlifter with a DL of over 700lbs. Also most if not all bodybuilders do higher reps not lower.
Bodybuilding doesn't build strength but that's because it's not supposed to as lifting for them is a means to an end.
whoknows2700 2 years ago
I'm not sure what he was capable of pulling, he certainly didn't hold any powerlifting records and I've never heard of him competing in any official meet
Your second point just repeated what I said.
I like BB, but just as you're not going to find any powerlifters winning any top level BB shows, you won't find any BB winning any top level powerlifting Comps. It's a completely different training style. The problem is that people can't accept that the biggest guy isn't the strongest guy.
jmaddiso 2 years ago
I se boddybuilding as a cind of holistic foundation work for the boddy. as many reps gives u more musle sells than pure strenght wich gives u thikker fibers. bb has a great rack but havent learn to use it and many of them dont bother why wold they. but combined with a strenght eksblosive sport it is to an sertent degree god and higly underestamated.
saltfan2 2 years ago
Right...
Demonicronos 1 year ago
Bodybuilders can go over 700lb. Ronnie Coleman does 800lb for training.
wcub4 2 years ago
You're absolutely right, Ronnie is a very strong guy and of course the best body builder of all time with the most Olympia wins. He did have a powerlifting background mind, and like quite a few other body builders he does low rep work aka powerlifting rep ranges.
I'm not really a fan of body building vs powerlifting, they're totally different sports, and I think you can enjoy both.
jmaddiso 2 years ago 26
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fjarstyring 2 years ago
BRB, destroying bicep for life...
JohnDoe280 2 years ago
wow, noob to this stuff, but wow that bicep just got destroyed.
Synlis 2 years ago
One thing to point out is that unlike a conventional power bar, the axle has no markings on the bar, so you just have to guestimate where to grip each hand, and I may have had each hand an inch or so far to the right, hence when I went to pull, that might explain why the right side started to come up slightly faster than the left.
BDKStrongman 2 years ago
I did that... it SUCKED!
sdarms111 2 years ago
how long did it take to recover?
ravsandhu1 2 years ago
About a year, maybe a little longer for the pain to go away. Although the Drs. told me they usually let it heal without surgery, I insisted they reattach the tendon. I'm glad I did, it went well.
sdarms111 2 years ago
DAMM!! You see, thes things happen when you least expect. Has he goten it repaired? I seems pretty serious.
rjampiolo32 2 years ago
FYI, a trivial matter, but the chalked hand and foot closeup at the 15 second mark of the video is a different lifter- notice the black shoes and the "cuff" grip. I am wearing blue & grey wrestling shoes and had my thumb wrapped around the bar.
BDKStrongman 2 years ago